DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 75.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2482 - - 1165 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2080 - - 922 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3371 - - 2054 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1471 - - 1783 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 285 - - 144 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 252 - - 251 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 894 - - 716 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2477 - - 1338 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 387 - - 238 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2984 - - 1816 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 820 - - 1370 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 75.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.4 - - 72.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.9 - - 75.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.6 - - 71.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2482 - - 1165 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 95 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99056 3 101 5 072 99056 91614 10 179 7 309 91614 85853 8 182 7 255 85853 81060 6 243 10 252 81060 76929 9 269 10 231 76929 73292 8 221 11 235 73292 70008 7 249 11 253 70008 66986 12 261 13 254 66986 64188 11 260 16 237 64188 61495 12 270 19 247 61495 58713 29 250 29 250 58713 55877 35 250 39 256 55877 53214 42 250 45 252 53214 50831 42 250 49 253 50831 48681 52 255 55 253 48681 46715 62 255 64 251 46715 44899 68 253 72 250 44899 43206 73 249 79 246 43206 41614 74 245 80 245 41614 40112 76 246 77 249 40112 38693 74 248 79 252 38693 37321 66 247 82 252 37321 35925 62 247 81 251 35925 34473 62 249 74 247 34473 32970 60 249 68 247 32970 31398 59 247 69 250 31398 29745 58 245 70 253 29745 28011 58 248 70 251 28011 26197 60 252 67 248 26197 24307 61 250 62 248 24307 22349 59 248 61 261 22349 20323 54 254 60 273 20323 18222 47 274 53 275 18222 16091 37 281 41 269 16091 14046 35 284 28 268 14046 12183 35 279 23 278 12183 10520 35 271 25 288 10520 9035 33 268 29 283 9035 7713 27 271 27 277 7713 6542 23 272 22 276 6542 5507 21 271 19 279 5507 4594 20 270 18 279 4594 3787 18*268 17 276 3787 3065 16*262 17 272 3065 2427 14 254 16*264 2427 1896 13 250 14*255 1896 1488 12 248 12 251 1488 1207 12 247 12 250 1207 1036 11 246 10 249 1036 938 9 246 8 247 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography